Background: Freshwater gastropod molluscs act as indispensable intermediate hosts in the life cycle of many species of distomes of medical and veterinary interest. The aim of this study was to carry out an inventory of molluscs in natural cattle water points and show their contam...
Aim: This study aim is to determine the impact of environmental factors on mosquito larval density breeding within Lugbe and Gosa communities. Study Design: Anopheline mosquito larval breeding sites were identified and characterized in both dry and wet seasons. Samplings were don...
India has shown its determination to achieve malaria elimination by 2030. However, several challenges, which might be potential roadblocks for malaria elimination goal. Among many, few are unreliability on existing reporting system; suitable surveillance methods; presence of asym...
Insecticide-treated net (ITN) use is one of the most promising tools which have been shown to reduce the number of mosquito bites. Pregnant women and children less than five years have been specifically designated as high-risk groups, therefore need to be protected by effective p...
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of chicken coccidiosis within Gombe metropolis, Gombe State, Nigeria. Study Design: Faecal samples were collected from a total of 100 desi and broiler chickens randomly and examined for the pr...
Tsetse antigen 5 has an accession number of AF259957 and full length transcript of 926 bpconcealed by its complementary DNA without the poly (A) tail. It forms constituent of Tsetse saliva and is therefore injected into the mammalian host during Tsetse feeding and is also known t...
Aim: Malaria is a complex disease that varies widely in epidemiology and clinical manifestation in different parts of the world. The research was carried out to evaluate the prevalence and intensity of malaria parasitaemia in asymptomatic students of the Federal university of Tec...
Aims: Fascioliasis is a parasitic and zoonotic liver disease that reduces the health and productivity of infected cattle and sheep. In recent years, an observed increase in the prevalence of the disease in Western Africa has been attributed to the changes in regional climatic con...
This research was conducted with the aim of evaluating the nematicidal effect of aqueous leaf extracts of Senna alata, and poultry manure against Meloidogyne incognita on okra (cv. Clemson spineless). The concentration of S. alata leaf extract (0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80 g/ml) and a...
The anti-coccidian properties of Aloe vera were investigated and its therapeutic effect was compared with that of conventional drugs (amprolium powder) on broiler chickens. The broiler was divided into four groups of 15 birds each. Group A served as control and were not infected...
Papa Kofi Amissah-Reynolds, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Vincent Aboagye, Isaac Monney, Francis Nuamah & Emmanuel Awimbe Ndego·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2020
Background: Globally, vegetables have become an essential part of the human diet due to their high nutritional benefits. They are usually eaten raw or partially cooked and therefore could become vehicles for transmission of food-borne illness. This study therefore assessed parasi...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is generally termed as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever and it is known to be the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Without any proper diagnosis and treatment it causes high fatality rate. It is a disease generally caused by protozoan parasite...
Judith Lum Ndamukong-Nyanga, Nchangsen Jacqueline, Dinayen Flavia, Ngum Catherine Ndamukong & Desdemona Njabi Nji·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2020
The present study aims to determine the socio-demographic factors and attitudes influencing the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among pregnant women in Buea, SW Cameroon. Toxoplasma gondii also called T. gondii is derived from the Greek words toxon, plasma and gondii which mean b...
Mousa Motavallihaghi, Manoochehr Karami, Khadijeh Rahmati, Pegah Ameri, Fariborz Etemadifar & Amir Hossein Maghsood·South Asian Journal of Parasitology·2020
Introduction: Despite many studies that have been done in different parts of Iran, comprehensive information on the epidemiology of Acanthamoeba is not available. Therefore, this review was conducted to collect the reports from studies accompanied in different parts of the countr...
Rodent species such as Rattus rattus diardii and Rattus norvegicus are invasive species and potential reservoirs of significant pathogens of humans. The zoonotic infections are among the most common on earth and are responsible for over 60% of all human infectious diseases. This...